(chiefly US) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. / (surgery, dated) strangulation, as in hernia.

plural of incarceration

(chiefly US) To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law. / To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incarcerate

present participle of incarcerate

simple past tense and past participle of incarcerate

A person who incarcerates.

Suitable for incarceration; imprisonable.

plural of incarcerator

(medicine, slang, humorous or derogatory) A medical condition induced by the threat of arrest or incarceration.